Having beforehand vowed to get state Labor authorities assist for tasks if required, Value stated rail crossings at Lindum, Holland Park and Banyo have been her rapid concern.
“We’re going to work by means of these and simply get them carried out,” Value stated, criticising the LNP for a scarcity of progress.
Tracey Value: “Clearly, public transport is an enormous situation in and across the metropolis.”Credit score: Matt Dennien
The Greens had nominated their high-priority transport corridors and continued to push for options to automobiles, for instance promising to divert $160 million from road-widening tasks to devoted bus lanes and separated bikeways.
The Greens’ lord mayoral candidate, Jonathan Sriranganathan, argued public transport and energetic transport have been extra environment friendly and sensible for many individuals, with environmental advantages.
Within the CBD, extra streets can be off-limits to automobiles beneath the Greens, and the pace restrict for motorists in different areas can be lowered to 30km/h.
Each Labor and the Greens vowed to chop the price of public transport fares to provide folks an alternative choice to driving.
Brisbane Metropolis Council choices for a brand new river crossing at Indooroopilly, in Brisbane.Credit score: Brisbane Metropolis Council
Not one of the main events have been promising new river crossings – the Greens would look at working gentle rail throughout the Story Bridge – and an Indooroopilly bridge undertaking pushed by the LNP in council has stalled.
Brisbane Metropolis Council launched bridge choices in mid-2023, displaying it might price between $800 million and $1.3 billion to construct a second bridge from Chelmer to Indooroopilly.
However whereas the council had purchased land on both facet of the river for a bridge, the state authorities final yr rejected a request for funding. Then-transport minister Mark Bailey stated the council might pay for the bridge itself.
Schrinner stated there had been no change since.
“It has been submitted to the state authorities, and we’re on the lookout for a partnership, going ahead, to ship an possibility to enhance that,” he stated.
Sriranganathan recommended the difficulty was a scarcity of public transport, somewhat than too many automobiles for present highway and bridge infrastructure.
Jonathan Sriranganathan says the Greens favour public transport and energetic transport.Credit score: Matt Dennien
“The state must improve the frequency of practice providers which can be working by means of there,” he stated.
“That’s the best way to maneuver folks alongside that hall. If individuals are transferring over the bridge in that path, we now have bought to have them transferring in that path.
“And in the event that they do duplicate the bridge, the place do all of the automobiles go after they get to Indooroopilly?”
Value stated the LNP ought to rule out one other bridge if it didn’t intend to construct it.
“They’ve been in energy for 20 years. Walter Taylor Bridge has been an rising drawback for a really very long time and topic to quite a lot of discussions for a really very long time,” she stated.
“Simply get on with it, or rule it out.”